Chain-reel.



A. A. BEALS.

CHAIN REEL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1a. 1913.

1,1 12,968. Patented 001;. 6, 1914.

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I INVENTOR THE NORRIS PETERS C0,. PHOTO LIIHO., WASHINGTON. u. C.

A. A. BBALS.

CHAIN REEL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18. 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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A. A. BEALS.

UHAIN REEL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1a, 1913.

1,1 1 2,968; Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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ALBERT n. BEALS, or cLannnonarIssoURI.

CHAIN-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Application filed September 18, 1913. Serial No. 790,433.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that I, ALBERT A. Beans, a

citizen of the United States, and aresident of Clarence, in the county ofShelbya-nd State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in. Chain-Reels, of

which the following is a sp'ecification.

My present invention relates to gram reels, and more particularly to .a reel to be g mit of uniformly good results.

A further object of my invention is to provide a reel in which the grain slats are flexibly supported at least to a degree suflicient to permit of enough movement or play so that they will not necessarily break when they encounter an obstruction, as is at present the case. 1

A still further object of my invention 1s to provide a reel in whichlthe slats, moving with the grain, travel in a straight line, do-

mg away with the at present tendency to lift the grain as it is deposited on the platform, and promoting a uniformly better oporation and result. a.

Still further objects andifi their resulting advantages will be better understood from the following description in which reference is made tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which, a

Figure l is a front. elevation, Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section through one of the reel supporting standards, Fig. is a vertical section. takensubstantially on line 3 -3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken axially along the inner 1, portion of the reel shaft, F ig. 5 is a detail .view, partly broken away and in section, of the bracket for the inner reel standard,and, Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing, my im proved reel complete withthe exception of the adjusting levers. j 1

Referring now to these. figures, A indicates the frame of a conventional type of Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

harvesting machine, B indicating the *operators seat, and C platform. i Secured to portions ofthe frame A at the inner and outer sides of the platform C reindicating the grain spectively, are brackets D and D to which are pivoted the lower ends of the inner and outer reel supporting standards E andfE,

these pivots being indicated at e. As most ards E and E are. tubular.

. r e 1 i i clearly shown 1n Flgs. 2, 5, and 6,the standj Slidablymounted onthe standards n and 1 j E are a pair of journal boxes F" of the reel shaft F, the upper portions of the standards having openings 6 and pulleys e FleXi-.

ble connections Gr, and G are connected at wardly over the. pulleyscf, the connection Gr their outer ends to the journal boxes F and of standard Ebeing extended downwardly 1 and rearwardly beneath a pulley cZ of bracketD and connectionG being extended downwardly and laterally beneath a ulley.

(Z of bracket D and passing across the front; of the machine substantially above the cutter bar C, as shown in Fig. 3, and rearwardly around a pulley 05 of bracket D.

The rear ends of these flexible connections G andG are connected to the lower end of an upright lever H intermediately pivoted on the frame at lb adjacent the operators seat B and having a latch mechanism in engagement with a quadrant h to hold the same and the sition.

Secured uponthe reel shaft F are a pair journal boxes F in. adjusted poof sprocket wheels I and I spaced apart a distance equal to the width of the reel and located between the supporting standards E and E, alongside which sprocket wheels are arranged the side cross heads J and J": of

the reel, extending forwardly and rearwardly, and centrally through which the reel shaft F loosely extends.

with the sprocket wheels I and I to receive are connected- These cross heads respectively carry at their outer ends rotatable sprocket wheels 7 and y in 11116 The cross heads J and J are rigidly connected by means of angular arms on at the ends of a sleeve Mjupon the intermediate portionof the reel shaft F. Upon the inner end portion of the reel shaft is also arranged a sleeve N, connected to the cross head J by means of angular arms a at one end, and having an upright arm n to the upper end of which is pivotally connected the forward end of a rearwardly extending connecting rod 01/ having its rear end similarly connected intermediate the ends of an upright adjusting lever O fulcrumed at its lower end on the frame, A adjacent the operators seat B and having a latch mechanism in engagement with a quadrant 0 to maintain it in adjusted position. By means of lever O, the reel may be tilted forward or back ward at a desired angle.

To collars p loosely surrounding the sleeve N is rigidly connected the forwardv end of a rearwardly projectingv rod P, the rear end of which is pivotally connected to another lever P" fulcrumed on the frame adjacent the drivers seat B and having a latch mechanism in engagement with a quadrant By means of this lever the reel may be moved forwardly and rearwardly,

the standards E and E yielding on their pivots e inasmuch as bearings F are sufiiciently broad to cause the standards to move 1n unison. v Power is applied, in operation, to the inner end of the reel shaft F through a shaft Q connected thereto by a universal joint this shaft being'in telescoping sections which, together with the joint 9, allows for the several adjustments of the reel before 1 mentioned.

Thus I am' enabled to. obtain uniformly satisfactory results with grain of different heights and of different kinds, and to do away with many of the difficulties inci dent to the usual reels, some of which have been before mentioned.

I claim: v i

1. A reel of the character described comprising a pair of cross heads spaced apart and connected, sprocket wheels carried by the ends ofsaid cross heads, endless chains arranged over the said wheels and having cross slats, a shaft extending centrally through the cross heads and provided with sprocket wheels in engagement with the chains, standards. pivotally supported at their lower ends, journal boxes for the shaft vertically adjustable on the standards, a lever having connections with said journal boxes for adjusting. the same, a lever hav ing connection with the cross heads where by to tilt the same forwardly and rearwardly onthe shaft, and a lever having. connections for moving the standards on the pivots whereby to adjust the reel forwardly and rearwardly, for the purpose described.

pivotally mounted at their lower ends and forwardly and rearwardly movable on their pivots and upon which the said shaft is vertically adjustably mounted whereby the said shaft may be adjusted vertically and horizontally.

' 3. A reel of the character,described'comprising a pair of spaced chains having'cross slats, cross heads having sprocket wheels on,

which the chains are supported to travel, a driver shaft having sprocket. wheels" in engagement with the chains and on which the cross heads are mounted, and support ing standards carrying the shaft and pivotally mounted at their lower ends whereby the reel may be adjusted forwardly and rearwardly, substantially as described.

l. A reel of the character described, comprising a pair of cross heads," a pair of spaced chains having cross slats, a shaft having sprocket wheels .for driving the chains, bearing members in which the end portions of the said shaft are journaled, a pair of tubular uprights" upon which the said bearing members are mounted to move vertically, flexible connections extending upwardly through the tubular uprights and secured to said bearing members, and a lever for actuating the said flexible connections and to permit the raising and lowering of the reel for the purpose described.

5. A reel of the character described, comprising a pair of cross heads, a pair of spaced chains having cross slats, a sleeve extending between and rigidly, connecting the said cross heads intermediate their sides, a shaft extending loosely through the said sleeve, sprocket wheelssecured on the shaft at the ends of the said sleeve and engaging the spaced chains,.a second sleeve disposed upon the shaft adjacent and connected" to one of the cross heads and provided with a crank arm, and a lever having connection with the said crank arm whereby to rotate the sleeves and cross heads on the shaft and I thus tilt the reel sides in relatively opposite directions.

ALBERT a. BEALS.

Witnesses:

M. DIMMITT, H. R. CoMBs;

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

